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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Hispanic immigrants"”.
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The Captivity of Opportunity: The Conversation Surrounding Church-Going Hispanic Immigrants
… topic of discussion in the United States. Hispanic immigrants, or families of Hispanic immigrants, living in America face unique challenges. Through focus group interviews, participants from a predominantly Hispanic Protestant church narrated their experience of living in the United States. …
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The influence of cultural adaptation on depressive symptoms among young Hispanic immigrants
… family cohesion impact depressive symptoms in Hispanic immigrants that migrated to the U.S. by the age of 17. Using the National Latino and Asian American Study, a recursive regression was conducted on a hypothesized model demonstrating the relationship among the study variables: acculturation, …
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Health care access of Hispanic immigrants in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
… what factors affect health care access for Hispanics in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The Hispanic population is the largest and fastest growing immigrant groups in the US and warrants special attention because Hispanics are less likely to complete high school and more likely to live in …
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An Analysis of the Subjective Socioeconomic Scale among Hispanic Immigrants and Caucasians
… community, and nation. Both an immigrant Hispanic and a Caucasian sample were studied (31 Hispanic males; 42 Hispanic females; 38 Caucasian males, 40 Caucasians females). Childhood SES was the most significant predictor of self-reported health in both sample groups.</p>
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Sacred Threshold: An Examination of the Threshold in a Catholic Church for Hispanic Immigrants
The Book of Exodus in the Old Testament recounts the liberation and salvation of an oppressed people and their subsequent journey to and arrival at the Promised Land. In the Christian Church, this journey continues in the lives of believers. The spiritual journey begins with salvation, continues …
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Uninsured Adult Working-Age Population in Tarrant County: Access, Cost of Care, and Health--Hispanic Immigrants
… for this study represents a group of working-age Hispanic immigrant adults, N=379. Andersen's "Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations" is used to as the theoretical framework. Bivariate crosstabulation revealed significant relationships for dependent variables: problems getting needed …
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An Exploratory Study of the Impact of Acculturation on Fashion Consumption Among Hispanic Immigrants in the U.S.
<p>With a population of 58 million in 2016, the Hispanic immigrant population in the U.S. is expected to grow nearly 30% by 2060 (Hispanic influence, 2016). Immigrants are affected by acculturation and often have difficulty maintaining their culture of origin. Prior studies have revealed …
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Examining the Complex Relationships of Early Intervention on Language and Psychosocial Development in Families Facing Multiple Risks with a Focus on Children of Hispanic Immigrants
… associations separately for Children of Hispanic immigrants (COHIs), 3) to explore relationships among family characteristics, multiple environmental factors, and dosage patterns in different EHS program types, 4) to examine the relationship between EHS dosage and child outcomes, and 5) …
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Beyond the American Dream : Tales of Hispanic Mutimillionaires Who Rose Above Poverty after Immigrating to the United States
… A review of the literature on Hispanics reveals the absence of academic studies on the conditions and life experiences that helped poor Hispanic immigrants become multimillionaires after arriving to the U.S. at 18 years of age and older and without conversational English. Most …
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Development and Implementation of a Predictive Model of Documentation Status to Examine Factors Related to Health Outcomes for Undocumented Immigrants
… is home to more than 8.6 million undocumented Hispanic immigrants. These individuals face significant barriers to accessing health services and are a subpopulation on whom relatively little research has been done. Undocumented Hispanics are faced with unique vulnerabilities, and research on …
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La Sangre LLama
… nationalities that fall under the umbrella of Hispanic Culture. Intentionally concealed faces in the paintings emphasize the belief that many Hispanic immigrants are frequently viewed as stereotypes, rather than individuals. LA SANGRE LLAMA, which translates to "the blood beckons," affirms the …
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The Bicultural Identity Development (BID) Art Therapy Intervention with Hispanic Adults
… thus introducing a host of new stressors. Hispanic immigrants represent a growing sector of the US population. This research study focuses on Hispanic adolescent immigrants and seeks to determine the efficacy of the Bicultural Identity Development art therapy directive to foster resiliency …
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The Relationship between Acculturation, Collectivism, Individualism and Alcohol Use in Mexican Descent Adults Living In The Kansas City Regional Area
… studies have consistently reported that as Hispanic immigrants become acculturated to American society, their risk for alcohol use disorders increases sharply. However, many of these studies have used only proxy measures of acculturation, and most of them have used a one-dimensional paradigm …
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Economic development of Latin America. A series of analysis through the lens of health, inequality, and economic growth
… that encourage healthy diet and exercise in Hispanic immigrants have encounter scant results due to a variety of factors such as financial limitations, lack of English language proficiency, and legal status. Mobile clinics have been shown to remove the barriers that insurance status, legal …
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The roles of international trade and immigration on U.S. local labor and housing market differentiation
… of Immigration on Local Rent"", separates immigrants according to their races and education levels, and explore their heterogeneous effects on metropolitan rental prices. Since the majority of new immigrants rent houses, the effect of immigration on rental prices is important for making …
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White Opinions Of United States Immigration: Testing Rival Hypotheses, 2004
… residence and proximity to large numbers of Hispanic immigrants, as well as the individual-level factors of economic insecurity, political knowledge, national identity, group pride, and racism. Using data from the 2004 American National Election Study, the thesis provides a critical test of …
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A Jungian Based Study for Diagnosing Acculturative Stress Within the Hispainc Immigrant and Refugee Population
… basis for this research was a supposition that Hispanic immigrants and refugees experience acculturative stress. The specific stressors causing acculturative stress in this population was unknown. Also unknown was whether or not acculturative stress affected self-esteem as reflected in visual …
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A phenomenological exploration of self-directed learning among Hispanic entrepreneurs in Indiana
Hispanic or Latino immigrant entrepreneurs contribute to the local U.S. economy by developing different businesses in the service sector, such as construction, food, hospitality, and related. Their decision to start a business is based on different conditions. Some face labor and racial …
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The Rise of a Hispanic Enclave in Davidson County, Tennessee
… has observed a significant increase in the Hispanic population within its borders through immigration. Since the 1980s, there has been a shift in the immigration and movement of the Hispanic population from border states to states in the southeastern United States. Many Hispanics, attracted …
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Winds of Change: Mexico in a Town in Appalachia
… market forces, and particularly through Hispanic immigration, in a small town in Southwest Virginia. The interdisciplinary study is written as a narrative, and includes descriptions of the town and people of Galax, Virginia and of the predominately Mexican immigrants who have come to live …
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